Here's Exactly How Donald Trump Felt About Pride Month

It's now July 1, which means the entirety of Pride Month has come and gone. We've heard from LGBTQ+ folks about why June is so important to them. We've seen some amazing ways to bring a little bit of Pride into your look. We've even seen some tear-jerking photos from folks who've been celebrating Pride together for years, and will keep doing so for decades to come. However, now that it's July, the Pride reaction on Facebook is sadly gone, and we can also say one other thing definitively — President Trump and the White House officially decided not to recognize Pride Month during the month of June this year.

During President Obama's last term, Pride Month was celebrated every year with not only official statements from the White House but rainbow-colored lights on the grounds of the famous building. President Clinton also acknowledged Pride Month back in 1999. However, these LGBTQ-friendly sentiments have been reversed by the current administration and not a single word was said about Pride Month during June. In fact, Vice President Mike Pence has always made his anti-LGBTQ views known, including his support of conversion therapy.

This administration has already put into effect some legislation that unequally affects LGBTQ folks. While they aren't necessarily required to say something acknowledging Pride Month, it would've been nice to get some acknowledgement about an entire month that many folks care about. Sometimes, silence says everything.